Galactic bulge population II Cepheids in the VVV survey: period-luminosity relations and a distance to the Galactic centre

2017/07/12 by A. Bhardwaj, M. Rejkuba, D. Minniti +7 · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations #Bulge #Cepheid variable #Galaxy #Metallicity #Milky Way #Population #Red clump #Spiral galaxy #Stellar population #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #astro-ph.GA #astro-ph.SR

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201730841

published as A&A 605, A100 (2017) · 9 pages, 8 figures, Accepted for publication in A&A

arxiv created 2017/07/12 · openalex created_date 2017/07/21 · openalex publication_date 2017/07/28 · arxiv updated 2017/09/20 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/06

Abstract

Context. Multiple stellar populations of different ages and metallicities reside in the Galactic bulge that trace its structure and provide clues to its formation and evolution.

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